Today is the day that most American's celebrate our independence. The founding fathers who assisted in writing the Declaration were: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman.
July 2nd 1776 was the day that the Continental Congress had a meeting in Philadelphia and actually voted and passed a resolution for independence.
Yet on July 4th, the Congress actually voted on a revised version of the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration was not signed until August 2nd 1776. And still some signers didn't place their names on it until the end of August 1776.
The first noted celebration of Independence Day wasn't until July 4th 1778.
What brought this to be? Taxation without representation. The 13 colonies of the United States were under the rule of England's King George III. The colonies were forced to pay taxes but did not have representation in the England Parliament.
On July 8th 1776 the first public reading of the Declaration was read at Philadelphia's Independence Square. A bell was rung that was renamed " Liberty Bell" This bell was inscribed with the following :
Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants Thereof
The big celebrations of this day did not start until the early 1800's.
So there is a little history lesson for this remarkable day.
Happy 4th of July. Be safe. Be thankful. Be patriotic and VOTE August 3rd.
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